Chapter Four

As the four of them were continuing to talk in the office, Elisia McKay was taping away at her computer, looking for anything that could be used against Gwen, while her good friend Cora Lee McGovern was across the hall looking for anything they could use against Rebecca. So far, both women hadn't found anything, but had begun to fall in love with Chad and Fox, Cora with Chad and Elisia with Fox.

Elisia Ann McKay had grown up in the same world that Fox had. She was the second daughter of a prominent family from New York City that had several vacation homes, including the one near Harmony where Elisia now lived. She had gone to an all-girls boarding school and had met Fox during her sophomore year when their two schools had a dance together and had developed a major crush on Fox.

When Elisia was hired at Crane, it was as a favor to her father, Alexander McKay, who just happened to be an old friend of Julian's, and as a favor to her grandfather, Gregory McKay, who still lead McKay-Alston to success. She had never let her father down and made him proud by working her hardest at Crane. And even he was helping her in her search for some evidence to use against Gwen.

Alexander had been a good friend to Jonathan Hotchkiss, Gwen's father, for years. When Gwen had insulted Elisia and her older sister Abigail, heir to the McKay fortune, one day, Alexander had told Jonathan what his daughter had said and immediately put it all together and had divorced Rebecca and disowned Gwen. Rebecca, now divorced, had immediately continued her gold-digging ways, and Gwen took it up by going after Ethan.

Jonathan, now remarried, took the responsibility of making sure that Gwen and Rebecca could never lay claim to any of his money or property. His newborn daughter Therese and his wife Melanie were his heirs and there was nothing that Gwen or Rebecca could do about it.

Elisia and he father had yet to hear from Jonathan about his eldest child's secrets and his gold-digging ex-wife's secrets. Hopefully that would supply them with the evidence they needed to bring down the wicked Hotchkiss witches.

The phone rang at that moment and Elisia picked it up. "Crane Industries, how may I help you?"

"Hello sweetheart," came the voice of Alexander McKay over the line.

"Hi dad. Any news on the situation?" Elisia asked her father.

"Yes. Jonathan just called and he said there is a lot of things that we don't know about the daughter he disowned and he'll be faxing the information to me tomorrow and then I will fax it directly to you right after I receive it," Alexander said.

"That's great, dad. Once I get that info, I can look through it and find what we need to bring them down and get Theresa her sons back," Elisia told her father.

"Why do you think Jonathan named his daughter Therese? It was more than pissing off Gwen and Rebecca," Alexander said.

"I know dad. It was because Theresa showed so much strength in her fight against Gwen and Rebecca and in being a wonderful mother to Little Ethan and in fighting for the love of Ethan. That is why there is a Therese Hotchkiss now," Elisia said. "Of course, it did piss off Gwen."

"But she deserved it. She'll deserve this even more. I'll let you know when I receive the information so I can fax it to you," Alexander said.

"No problem. I'll talk to you tomorrow," Elisia said before she and her father hung up.

Elisia got up from her desk and walked up to the office where the four Crane siblings still sat and knocked on the door.

"Come In!" Chad's voice commanded and Elisia opened the door and walked in.

"Hey Lis," Fox greeted his friend and coworker.

"Hey Nicholas, Chad, Ness, Tori. I have some news," She said with a slight smile.

"What kind of news?" Victoria asked.

"We have been in touch with Jonathan Hotchkiss, Gwen's father, and he says there is a lot we don't know about his evil daughter. He is faxing the info to my father, then my father will fax it to me. Hopefully, in that info, we'll find what we need," Elisia briefed them.

"Wonderful! Maybe we'll finally be able to bring them down, once and for all!" Fox declared triumphantly.

Hours later, Theresa sat in her bed, reading a magazine with her brand new glasses on her face, when the door opened and a man with dark hair walked into the room. She looked up and even though she didn't recognize him, she felt she knew whom it was. Her cousin Ric Lansing.

"Hi Ric. I was wondering when I would see you," Theresa greeted her cousin.

"It's good to see you awake finally, Theresa. We've been so worried about you. Even your good friend Whitney has been worried about you. She was here last week before she headed out to California," Ric said, approaching his cousin.

"I had a feeling that Whitney wasn't going to stay in Harmony after everything that has happened. But it sure keeps her away from Fox," Theresa said with an evil grin.

"Yeah, she told me about it and she also gave me a lot of info on Gwen and Ethan so that when you are ready, we can fight for custody of both boys," Ric said with a smile.

"Good. I want to wait until I'm out of the hospital and can manage on my own. And I am sure you, Sonny, and Lucky will definitely help me out with that," Theresa said.

"You bet we will. I guess you know that Sonny and I are getting to know each other better through all of this," Ric said.

"And I thank you for it. It's nice to know that you are getting along with Sonny for once. And I'm glad to be the reason that you are doing so," Theresa said.

"Well, let's just say the vendetta I've had against Sonny is pretty much dead, because in getting to know him, I've learned that his life wasn't as good as I believed it was for years," Ric said.

"I know. I saw how bad his life was when I used to visit. Hell, I got beaten by that idiot once when I visited. And mama and Luis actually, together, beat Deke up. No matter what Taggert believed, Deke was not the upstanding cop people believed he was," Theresa said.

"Yeah, Deke was a bastard who didn't deserve that badge. Now, Taggert somewhat deserved it, but not as much as Lucky. I've never seen such a hard worker. That's something I definitely like about Lucky," Ric said.

"Good. That's the way Lucky is. Hardworking, stubborn. That's the Spencer way," Theresa said with a smile.